Gaskill Family Farm​

Gaskill Family Farm is a small farm growing a wide variety of fruits and vegetables. In a normal year we will start out picking strawberries for thefarmers markets followed about mid June with summer red raspberries then blackberries, fall red raspberries, apples and pumpkins. Our growing method is conventional with a great deal of effort put on Integrated Pest Management. We work with nature every where we can, from seeding down hard to plant areas to a vegetation that will attract beneficial insects to growing a combination of clover and grasses between rows of raspberries, not only make it easier for our customers to walk, but to supply the nitrogen the raspberries need to grow. We will commit to working with nature further in 2016 by reintroducing pastured poultry and integrating cover crops back into our system as we had been doing in the mid 1990's.

Welcome to our Farm Fresh Page. This page will contain information as to what is growing on the farm. As at this time we do not have anything growing, I will take this opportunity to play with this page to try to get it right. If you have any suggestions please go to the contacts page and drop me an e mail with your thoughts.

Crops that we grow and time of year for a normal harvest:​Strawberries: ​​Normally start last week of May. (Planting in 2016 for 2017 picking)Summer Red Raspberries​: You pick. A week after strawberries end we will start on the first raspberries. 2nd or 3rd week of June.Blackberries: You pick. Around mid July. Be advised, Our blackberries are THORNY. Fall Red Raspberries:​ You pick. Last of August first of September. Apples​: HoneyCrisp ​ End of August first of September Macintosh​: First to mid SeptemberJonathon, Golden Delicious, Fugi: End of September Red Delicious and Winesap​: First of OctoberPumpkins​: First of OctoberHome made jam's, jelly and dried fruit: We don't harvest our fruit until our refractometer tells us it is time. By utilizing the refractometer to measure the sugar content of our fruit we can assure our customers of a more consistent eating experience. ​​